(a) After July 17, 1998, any person who, being the owner or agent of land located within the territorial jurisdiction of this chapter thereafter subdivides his land in violation of this chapter or transfers or sells land by reference to, exhibition of, or by any other use of a plat showing a subdivision of the land before the plat has been properly approved under this chapter and recorded in the office of the county register of deeds, shall be guilty of a class I misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00. The description by metes and bounds, in the instrument of transfer, or other document used in the process of selling or transferring land shall not exempt the transaction from this penalty. The village, by and through the village council, may bring an action for injunction of any illegal subdivision, transfer, conveyance or sale of land, and for an order requiring the offering party to comply with this chapter.
(b) Building permits required pursuant to G.S. 160A-471 may be denied for lots that have been illegally subdivided. In addition to other remedies, the village may institute an appropriate action or proceedings to prevent the unlawful subdivision of land, to restrain, correct, or abate the violation, or to prevent any illegal act or conduct.
(Ord. No. 8A, art. III, § III, 7-17-1998; Ord. No. 2006-1002, 10-26-2006)